Silent Friend

On the grounds of a medieval German university town looms an imposing Ginkgo biloba, a tree whose longevity stands in marked contrast to three intimate, human-scaled stories. In 1908, the university’s first female student gains admission into the prestigious botany department, confronting the sexism of both professors and peers. In 1972, amidst counterculture movements, a reserved student finds his attention captured by a fellow housemate and the geranium plant she studies. In 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a neuroscientist from Hong Kong secures the help of a renowned botanist for an experiment on the old Ginkgo tree.

• Ildikó EnyediDirector
• Ildikó EnyediWriter
• Gábor KeresztesOriginal Music Composer
• Kristóf KelemenOriginal Music Composer

• Tony Leung Chiu-waiTony Wong
• Léa SeydouxAlice
• Luna WedlerGrete
• Enzo BrummHannes
• Sylvester GrothAnton
• Yun HuangJule
• Luca ValentiniFrancesco
• Marlene BurowGundula
• Felix BuroseMax
• Rainer BockCast
• Johannes HegemannCast
• Sky HofmannPeter